Earlier this year the Auburn Enlarged City School District devised a plan to improve student achievement, and now the state Department of Education has jumped on board.
The state has awarded Auburn nearly $2 million in aid to support programs and staffing additions district officials believe will result in bridging an achievement gap outlined the 2005-2006 New York State District Report Card.
The district qualified for Gov. Eliot Spitzer's education reform program, Contract for Excellence, which provides funding to schools that are listed as Districts in Need of Improvement by the state.
Auburn, which is listed as a "District in Need of Improvement, Year 1," received $1,932,884 from the state. Those funds are then divided and shared among the eight district schools for various initiatives, some of which have already been implemented.
"The funding has put us in a position that we wouldn't have been in before," said Carolyn Hirst-Loucks, assistant superintendent for instruction.
For more on this story, read Tuesday's edition of The Citizen.
The district qualified for Gov. Eliot Spitzer's education reform program, Contract for Excellence, which provides funding to schools that are listed as Districts in Need of Improvement by the state.
Auburn, which is listed as a "District in Need of Improvement, Year 1," received $1,932,884 from the state. Those funds are then divided and shared among the eight district schools for various initiatives, some of which have already been implemented.
"The funding has put us in a position that we wouldn't have been in before," said Carolyn Hirst-Loucks, assistant superintendent for instruction.
For more on this story, read Tuesday's edition of The Citizen.
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